Montez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 6 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FARMERS DIRECT PROPERTY AND No. 23-3320 CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, D.C. No. formerly known as Metropolitan Direct 2:21-cv-08807-RGK-JEM Property and Casualty Insurance Company,

Plaintiff - Appellant, MEMORANDUM*

v.

DENNIS PEREZ,

Defendant,

VICTOR MONTEZ; LISA MONTEZ,

Intervenor-Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 7, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, WALLACH,** and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Evan J. Wallach, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. Farmers Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Farmers

Direct”) appeals the district court’s Order granting the Motion to Set Aside…